CHAPTER IX.
AMERICA TRIES TO PREVENT THE EUROPEAN WAR Page's mind, from the day of his arrival in England, had been filled with that portent which was the most outstanding fact in European life.
Could nothing be done to prevent the dangers threatened by European militarism?
Was there no way of forestalling the war which seemed every day to be approaching nearer?
The dates of the following letters, August, 1913, show that this was one of the first ideas which Page presented to the new Administration.
_To Edward M.House_ Aug.

28, 1913.
MY DEAR HOUSE:.

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Everything is lovely and the goose hangs high.